u/Richy456

Switched to Edge for a few reasons recently. Much more of this and it's gone

I keep cycling between browsers because no single one ticks all my boxes, and I'm hoping someone here has actually solved this.

My setup: Dual boot Windows + Linux (CachyOS) desktop for games, plus a work Mac laptop and an iPhone. I want ONE browser everywhere with working sync - not a different one per device.

Requirements:

- Kagi as the default search engine
- Proton Pass - including autofill
- YouTube ad blocking on mobile
- Sync across Windows / Linux / macOS / iOS
- Good Icelandic to English page translation (I'm in Iceland, read mbl.is daily)

What I've already ruled out and why:

- Safari - can't set Kagi as default without sending data to Google, no Icelandic
- Orion - no Windows build
- Edge - iOS locks you to a preset search list, so Kagi is impossible there.
- Chrome - won't block YouTube ads
- Firefox - does most of it, but no YouTube ad blocking on iOS (no extensions).
- Brave - Proton Pass autofill works, YouTube blocking works… but Icelandic translation is garbled (question marks all over mbl.is headlines).
- Vivaldi - Icelandic translation is cleaner… but Proton Pass autofill is broken on iOS (won't prompt on some pages to autofill the password).

Has anyone actually landed on a single browser that nails everything across Win/Linux/Mac/iOS with sync? Especially if you're also dealing with a small language country

Thanks in advance for any tips or suggestions on things I've missed

PS I had no issues on a Samsung phone previously with Firefox guessing the real solution is to switch back to Android to avoid most of the above iOS related problems.

Seeing many YouTube videos where people are saying SteamOS runs much better. But the videos are over a year old, and Windows has had improvements since then like full screen mode I believe?

Has anyone compared the performance of both OSs recently, like in the past few months? Both in terms of fps and battery life

Or is it a new Samsung cloud, if so what is the pricing?

Context - https://www.androidauthority.com/samsung-gallery-onedrive-support-ending-3599905/

"While investigating the Gallery app in One UI 8.5, we uncovered strings of code that hint at OneDrive support being discontinued. In that code, we see “Sync with OneDrive ending soon” and “support for OneDrive will end %s.” Instead, the app will have users sync their photos to Samsung’s own cloud solution."

On a laptop, with "Best Power Efficiency" on battery enabled. It looks like it's Phone Link running crazy in the background? Why Microsoft why